Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and GenderAllyn and Bacon, 2000 - 434 páginas * Contains a new section on language, gender, and popular culture (Ch. 3). * Includes new material on sexuality, including bisexuality and transgendered identities (Ch. 4). * Updates the discussion of sex, gender, and sexuality as central concepts (Ch. 2). * Provides a clearer discussion of the relationship between biology and culture (Ch. 2). * Incorporates new information on welfare reform, teen pregnancy, and poverty among women (Ch. 5). * Emphasizes more fully the influence of postmodernism and the social construction of gender (Ch. 13). * Features new suggested readings, but retains the classics. * Integrates updated research throughout, including new graphics. * Maintains a strong and integrated focus on race, class, and gender throughout. * Includes the most current scholarship on gender. * Retains its clear and lively writing style, written specifically for an undergraduate audience. * Provides Discussion Questions/Projects for Thought at the end of each chapter. |
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... pass over into highly organized forms , that we begin to speak of “ institutions " as opposed to mere custom or habitual activity . ( Payer , 1977 : 30 ) Understanding gender in an institutional context means that gender is not just an ...
... pass over into highly organized forms , that we begin to speak of “ institutions " as opposed to mere custom or habitual activity . ( Payer , 1977 : 30 ) Understanding gender in an institutional context means that gender is not just an ...
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... pass the year before puberty and some two years afterwards free from all exciting influences . She should be kept as a child as long as possible , and made to associate with children . . . . Her mind should be occupied by a very ...
... pass the year before puberty and some two years afterwards free from all exciting influences . She should be kept as a child as long as possible , and made to associate with children . . . . Her mind should be occupied by a very ...
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... pass " as heterosexual at work or keep their private lives secret , but being closeted at work puts workers at a disadvantage , since it isolates them from social networks in the workplace . Studies show , however , that gay employees ...
... pass " as heterosexual at work or keep their private lives secret , but being closeted at work puts workers at a disadvantage , since it isolates them from social networks in the workplace . Studies show , however , that gay employees ...
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
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Otras 13 secciones no mostradas
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